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Lathamus discolor
Swift Parrot at Chiltern, VIC
Identification history
| Lathamus discolor | 8 May 2022 | Darcy |
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Significant sighting
Darcy noted:
8 May 2022
This congregation of Critically Endangered Swift Parrots represents about 20-25% of the estimated wild population.
User's notes
Biggest flock of Swift Parrots I've ever seen. Feeding on lerp mainly (on Grey Box) and occasional ironbark flowers. Counted 280 at a conservative estimate, but could easily be up near 400 birds.
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Location information
- Places Chiltern, VIC
Species information
- Sensitive
- Very Rare / Threatened
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 280 Abundance
- 7 May 2022 03:42 PM Recorded on
- Darcy Recorded by
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